ahorcar
[aoɾˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“ahorcar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,238
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Colgar por el cuello hasta provocar la muerte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ahorcar · ahorcar · Spanish
ahorcar · rank #42,238 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,238
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ahijado
Nearest frequency peer: ahijado (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ahorcar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- agradecerá
agradecerá
57,766 corpus weight
- agroindustr…
agroindustrial
57,765 corpus weight
- ahijado
ahijado
57,764 corpus weight
- ahorcar
ahorcar
57,763 corpus weight
- alacena
alacena
57,762 corpus weight
- alambrado
alambrado
57,761 corpus weight
What this shows “ahorcar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ahorcar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aoɾˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ahorcar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ahorcar (IPA [aoɾˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,238 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ahorcar, with forms such as "ahhorcar", "ahocrar", and "ahoracr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ahorra", "aportar", "ahorrar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ahorcar, spelled A-H-O-R-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Colgar por el cuello hasta provocar la muerte.
- 2(En el juego de dominó) Impedir a una pareja la posibilidad de poner en juego uno de los dobles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ahorcar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Me ahorcaron el doble dos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahhorcar
- ahocrar
- ahoracr
- ahorcarr
- ahorccar
- ahorcra
- ahorrcar
- ahrocar
- aohrcar
- haorcar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ahorcar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ahorcar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).